I once knew someone who seemed to be angry most of the time. She often told me how something “made her so mad she could scream!” And the stern look on her face would mirror the truthfulness of that sentiment. I’ve noticed since then that one of her children is one of the angriest people I’ve ever met. He seems to be angry almost constantly. And the woman’s grandchild is exhibiting a lifestyle of being a complainer full of anger too. What an unhappy legacy to leave! Can you imagine looking back on your life when you stand before God as you come to the realization that a life of anger was what you passed down to your family?Many of us deal with anger on a daily basis--if not our own anger, the anger of others. On Facebook, I used to be confronted constantly by posts from certain people (and it was usually always the same ones) who felt the compulsion to tell the world what they were angry about that particular day. I avoid their posts now. I began to feel reading them was like allowing myself to be injected with little shots of poison! The Bible tells us in Proverbs 22: 24 & 25:"Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared." So what can we do to help an angry, unsaved person? Is there advice we can give about how to control a bad temper? Is there anything we can do besides avoiding them? In Proverbs 19:19, it says that the hot-tempered man will have to pay the cost and if we deliver him, we'll have to do it again and again! The answer is simple: Real deliverance will only come through Jesus. They need to experience salvation through Him. It doesn’t help them if we cover up their anger or deliver them from the consequences of it. But when they confess their sins before God, repent and are born again, they begin to walk on the road of righteousness with peace and joy which is the opposite of the path of anger. We need to be lights of peace and joy. We need to show love to angry people. We need to pray for the unsaved in our own little corners of the world. We need to let them see Jesus in us instead of responding with anger ourselves. Yes, it's a hard thing to do sometimes so the next article will be about how Christians should deal with anger. Maybe I will title it: Is it Anger or Righteous Indignation?If this were Facebook, I would end that last line with a little happy face.